Friday, April 17, 2015

Last of the Fall Photos

I've been working to make a dent in the photos that I want to scrapbook from last year and today I'm sharing my final fall layouts. I'm hoping that between the 2 upcoming classes I'm taking and National Scrapbook Day, there will be more than enough inspiration to keep me going.

In the meantime, I found some great inspiration for two of my layouts from the current linky party and Saturday sketch at Paper Issues. First up is a layout I based loosely on the sketch created by Jen Chapin. Instead of using a large paper circle, I stitched one onto my background paper and then added embellishments to accentuate the shape. Although I used two photos, I wanted to keep the title in the same area, so I glued it right onto my photo.

Those of you that have been reading my blog for some time, might have noticed something a little different about my layout. You guessed it, I finally talked myself into getting an electronic die cutting machine. It sat in the box for about a week before I managed to open it. I bought the Cricut Explore Air and cut out the leaves and title with it. I'll be back later with my thoughts on it and to share a layout I've been mentally creating.

This next layout fits with the Prints Charming's Beautiful Papers linky party, which really was made for me as I do love my patterned paper. It's the companion page to the one above from our day trip to Skyline Drive to see the fall leaves and go on a hike.

Lastly is the final layout from when my sister and I visited the National Arboretum. Ironically, it's the title page to that series of layouts. I kept it simple with fussy cut stamped images, a few die cuts, and some mist droplets and tiny rub-ons. And yeah, just about everything on all three layouts is from the Maggie Holmes {Open Book} collection. ;)

Hope you have a great weekend and if you're looking for some inspiration, the linky party is going on until April 26th!

Such pretty pictures and lovely pages. I know you will love your die cut machine Elise. I finally sold off most of my QK fonts weaning my dependency from them. Life is so much simpler with an electronic die cutting system. Enjoy!

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